infinitesimal

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute

   Incalculably, exceedingly, or immeasurably minute; vanishingly small.

   • Do you ever get the feeling that you are but an infinitesimal speck, swallowed by the vastness of the universe and beyond?
   • "You will conceive a bunch of grapes," said he, "which are covered by some infinitesimal but noxious bacillus."
   • Then you could say that the doorway exploded. But the particular verb doesn't do the action justice. Rather, it shattered into infinitesimal pieces.
2. 2

   Of or pertaining to non-zero quantities whose magnitude is less than any positive…

   Of or pertaining to non-zero quantities whose magnitude is less than any positive rational number.

3. 3

   Very small.

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   1. 4

      A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number (by definition it…

      A non-zero quantity whose magnitude is smaller than any positive number (by definition it is not a real number).

   2. 5

      Something infinitesimally small.

The neighborhood

• antonyminfinite
• antonymenormous